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News & Letters, Lead-Editorial The Middle East and world politics in the aftermath of Israel's war in LebanonThe aftermath of Israel’s war against Lebanon has transformed not only the Middle East but also world politics. The sharpest expression of this is that Iran—the backer of the war’s victor, Lebanon’s right-wing Hezbollah—has succeeded in reasserting its power in the Middle East at U.S. expense. From the writings of Raya Dunayevskaya On the 50th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution Spontaneity of Action and Organization of ThoughtThis November marks the 50th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. The Hungarian revolutionaries organized themselves in decentralized workers' councils, taking control of factories. In opposing state-capitalism, which called itself "Communism," as well as Western capitalism, the freedom fighters of 1956 opened a new epoch. Delphi UAW members fight buyout concessionsProtest at DelphiThere's more than a pile of money to the Delphi-UAW negotiated buyout of workers jobs, reports a member of Delphi Workers Committee in Kokomo, Indiana and a Flint supporter. Iran repression hits women, societyA new wave of repression has hit the democratic movement in Iran, even as the world, and the Left, focuses on the nuclear stand-off. Solidarity with women's , labor, and youth struggles in Iran is the victim. Essay Demonstrating an alternative to capitalismWhether struggles for a completely different, non-capitalist, human society are rational depends upon whether another world is actually possible. This needs to be shown, and that requires showing how it is possible to break with capitalism and make that break sustainable. Remembering the double tragedy of September 11, 2001:Say no to terrorism and Bush's drive to war!As the country takes stock five years after the 9/11 attacks, the statement by News and Letters Committees from then remains fresh. It promoted the view that we live at a moment when political opposition must have a total view in order to be truly effective. "We must take a firm stand against all forms of injustice, whether as propagated by terrorists, U.S. imperialism, or by anyone else," it declared, "while developing a comprehensive perspective of the kind of new human relations we are for." MORE ARTICLES...
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